Booklet 3 - A New Reich 1933-35 Flashcards
When was Hitler appointed chancellor?
30th January 1933
How many SS, SA and Stahlhelm members were put into the Prussian police force?
50,000
When was the Reichstag fire?
27th February 1933
Who was arrested for the Reichstag fire? When?
Marinus van der Lubbe
27th February 1933
In what year and month did the Nazis win a large percentage of the vote in German elections? What was the percentage?
5th March 1933
44% of the vote
When were trade union offices raided?
2nd May 1933
What was created on the 2nd May 1933? What was made illegal?
The DAF - German Labour Front
Made all other trade unions illegal
When and how many SPD members were tortured and killed by the SA in Kopenick Berlin?
21st - 26th June 1933
500 tortured
approx 23 killed
When was the Nazi party made the only legal party in Germany?
14th July 1933
When was the SPD party dissolved?
22nd June 1933
When was the Concordat between the Catholic church and Nazis signed?
20th July 1933
When was the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich introduced?
30th January 1934
What did the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich do?
ended all state parliaments (Länder) in Germany
What was Papen’s address called that criticised some aspects of the Nazi rule? When did he deliver it?
Marburg Address
17th June 1934
When did Hindenburg die? What happened after?
2nd August 1934
Hitler combines the role of chancellor and president into one office known as the Führer
When was the Night of the Long Knives?
30th June 1934
What happened on the Night of the Long Knives?
Hitler has SA leadership and key political opponents executed
When were the Nuremberg Laws passed?
15th September 1935
What did the Nuremberg Laws do?
severely restricted legal rights of German Jews
When was Hitler’s role as Führer passed by the German plebiscite? With what percentage approval?
19th August 1934
90% approval
When did the army implement the new oath of loyalty to Hitler to be taken by all soldiers in the German military?
20th August 1934
When was the may day holiday? What did it turn into being known as?
1st May
‘Day of National Labour’
When was the Enabling Act passed?
24th March
What did the Enabling Act do?
Gave emergency powers to the government for 4 years
What was Bullock’s view?
Hitler created chaos in Germany and was above it all controlling it - strong dictator
What was Kershaw’s view?
Hitler created chaos but he didn’t know what was going on and others held power as well, he just left most things up to chance or others - weak dictator
